[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich].

  • Woolwich (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1929?]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    15 Borough can also be traced by a study of the Council's opera tions under the Small Dwellings Acquisition Acts. Here we can see movement not only to Eltham, but also towards East Plumstead and away from Woolwich and West Plumstead, and in the population calculations, this movement also has been taken into account. Due weight has also been given to the natural increase in each of the registration districts and to the location of new houses. When these adjustments have been made, the estimated figures for the districts are as follows :— These figures have been used throughout the report for calculating the rates in the Borough and the various regis tration districts. Sickness and Invalidity. There have been no causes of sickness or invalidity which have been specially noteworthy in the area during the year, nor are there any conditions of occupation or environment which appear to have a prejudicial effect on health. TABLE No. 2. Estimated population. Woolwich 29,646 West Plumstead 38,457 East Plumstead 34,342 Eltham 38,655 141,100